Month: April 2020

SHANGHAI, China, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Junshi Biosciences (HKEX: 1877), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies, today announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) …

Amsterdam, the Netherlands –Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced that today’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (2020 AGM) has approved the appointment of Feike Sijbesma and Peter Löscher and the re-appointment of Neelam Dhawan as members of the Supervisory Board. …

The Symposium will take place on May 15 during the 2020 OCP Virtual Summit

AUSTIN, Texas, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP), a collaborative community focused on redesigning hardware technology to efficiently support the growing demands on compute …

NEW YORK, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CariClub, the professional network for social impact, in partnership with Charity Navigator is pleased to announce the launch of the Community Inclusion Fund, a new charitable campaign to help vulnerable communities that have been disproportionately impacted …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW) (OTCQB: AGNPF) (the “Company” or “Algernon”) a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has received a No Objection Letter from …

Philippine Army (PA) commander, Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay,
on Tuesday visited the Finance Center Philippine Army (FCPA) in Fort Bonifacio,
Taguig City, and checked on the condition of personnel assigned there following
Monday night’s fire that severely damaged the facility.

The city council here has invited heads of schools and
universities for its regular session on May 4 to formally ask tuition fee refunds
due to the cancelation of classes starting mid-March until the end of May due
to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.…

Malacañang reminded local officials to act within the
bounds of the law when reprimanding violators of the enhanced community
quarantine (ECQ) imposed until May 15 to stop the coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) outbreak.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this statement
after a fish vendor who was …

The Philippines has signed a USD100-million loan
agreement with the World Bank that aims to strengthen the country’s capacity to
prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic, and boost its national systems for public health
preparedness.

A Vietnamese businessman donated a total of 750,000 masks
and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA) whose personnel continue to facilitate on the front lines the
repatriation of overseas Filipinos and stranded foreign nationals.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of
Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) will discuss the possible continuation
of distribution of emergency cash subsidies to poor families residing in areas
that will be placed under general community quarantine (GCQ), Malacañang said
on Wednesday.

ompanies may limit the coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) testing to workers who are sick or having the symptoms of the
disease as they resume business operations, the country’s top trade official
said.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon
Lopez made the statement as …

Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday afternoon announced that
several areas in different barangays here have been placed in smaller lockdowns
due to new confirmed cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Duterte said the lockdowns per street, per compound, and
per house, were implemented as a …

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has
recommended increasing wage rates in rural areas to levels at par with urban
rates and providing incentives to companies relocating their processing
facilities in the provinces.

The measures would ensure the success of the “Balik
Probinsya” initiative being advocated …

The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(BARMM) will be placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) starting May 1
after the region was classified as a “moderate-risk” area for the coronavirus
disease 2019 (Covid-19), an official said Tuesday.

The office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP) in Misamis Occidental province has demanded justice in the killing of a
Subanen militiaman by armed men believed to be communist New People’s Army
(NPA) rebels over the weekend.

Albay mayors will soon hold a meeting to pass a
resolution requesting the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of
Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to revert the province’s status from
general community quarantine (GCQ) to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) by
May 1 as a measure …

Several lawmakers at the House of Representatives on
Wednesday appealed to the national government to reconsider barring senior
citizens from leaving their homes under the enhanced community quarantine
regulations.